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Its power and short learning curve have made Access Microsoft’s leading consumer relational database management system for desktop applications...

The results of using J2EE in practice are often disappointing: applications are often slow, unduly complex, and take too long to develop...

Visual Basic 2005 Programmer's Reference Visual Basic 2005 adds new features to Visual Basic (VB) that make it a more powerful programming language than ever before...

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The power and elegance of generic types have long been acknowledged...

This book explains how to use Visual Basic 2005 to write efficient database applications that can be used throughout an enterprise...

The team behind Professional Active Server Pages 2...

Hibernate is an object/relational mapping (ORM) tool that also provides data querying and retrieval functions in a Java environment...

Discusses SQL Server 2005 XML from the server and client sides Examines using XSLT to render the XML data that is retrieved from SQL Server, particularly for ASP...

The book will be composed around one of the "starter kits" included with Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, making it easy for readers to learn to program using Visual Basic...

The foundation for most Web services, XML can also be used with ASP...

You'll learn the basics of working with SSE databases, and see how the Visual Basic® 2005 Express Edition programming environment is tailored to work well with SSE...

When XML debuted in 1998, it was quickly embraced as both a practical tool and a strategic technology...

Popular author Ivor Horton uses his trademark approachable writing style to provide novice programmers with the basic tools as they learn Visual C++ 2005 Readers will learn how to program in C++ using Visual C++ 2005 without any previous knowledge of C++ More than 35 percent new and updated material covers the new release of Visual C++, and exercises and solutions help readers along the way Demonstrates the significant new features of Visual C++ 2005, providing improved flexibility in developing Microsoft applications in C++

If you are using Access and want to go to the next level, you need to learn VBA...

Beginning SQL Server 2005 Programming...

Visual C# 2005 Express Edition STARTER KIT Are you ready to jump into the exciting world of programming and create your own cutting-edge applications? Microsoft MVP F...

Written for experienced web developers, Professional Ajax shows how to combine tried-and-true CSS, XML, and JavaScript technologies into Ajax...

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Professional Apache Tomcat 5 shows system administrators and Java developers how to install, configure, and run the Tomcat server...

Professional Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office satisfies the need to write enterprise software based on Office by delivering practical solutions for those seeking to port existing functionality to VSTO...

SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 provides you with the business intelligence platform needed to build full-scale, multidimensional databases...

• A team of Microsoft insiders shows programmers how to use Visual Studio 2005 Team System, the new suite of products from Microsoft that can be used for software modeling, design, testing, and deployment
• Focuses on practical application of the tools on code samples, development scenarios, and automation scripting
• This timely book serves as both as a step-by-step guide and as a reference for modeling, designing, and coordinating enterprise solutions at every level using Team System
• The book begins with an overview of Team System and then offers nuts-and-bolts guidance on practical implementation
• Code examples are provided in both VB...

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Geared toward programmers with no prior development knowledge, Beginning AppleScript serves as a comprehensive guide to using AppleScript on the Mac OS X platform...

Excel 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference is an updated and expanded version of the two previous editions now with a reference section downloadable from the Web for easy perusal...

Xcode is a powerful suite of free development tools from Apple Computer that will allow you to create Macintosh applications, plug-ins, web components, applets, and more using languages such as C, C , Objective-C, Java, and AppleScript...

This book will help you get past the initial learning curve quickly so that you can get started using SSIS to transform data, create a workflow, or maintain your SQL Server...

• Offering authoritative, field-proven advice from a Microsoft insider, this book teaches the underlying commonalities that developers can use regardless of their language choice or development tools
• Extensive use of examples and working code provides developers with practical and authoritative coverage of the CLR (common language runtime) and APIs, the building blocks that make it possible to write in any choice of language
• Primary topics discussed include generics, MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language)-based framework libraries, advanced framework libraries, distributed development foundations, and more
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This nuts-and-bolts guide shows you the power of XML by presenting an enterprise application problem that you'll design a program to solve throughout the book...

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Although not well known, Microsoft Windows has the best security of any popular operating system in the world today...

CSS Instant Results helps you quickly master and implement the diverse web applications CSS enables for web designers...

The WebSphere platform from IBM, with its rich function set, industry leading performance and scalability, as well as configuration flexibility, is one of the leading products of the application server generation...

PHP is one of the most popular server-side scripting languages available...

JavaScript Programmer's Reference documents JavaScript, JScript, and ECMAScript to the degree that they're standardized, and goes on to catalog the extensions major browser publishers have added to the languages...

DotNetNuke is a powerful open source framework that creates and deploys robust modules on the ASP...

Professional Java Native Interfaces takes a solutions-based approach in showing how SWT/JFace works, discussing each common component, providing useful, practical ideas, tips and techniques to make the Java developers' work easier...

• Penetration testing is a special skill in which penetrators (acting as hackers) attempt to circumvent the security features of a system in order to "break" the system and its code
• After a review of Web applications and their protocols, the book covers vulnerability analysis, attack simulation, and results analysis, the elements of successful pen testing
• Features installation guidance for Linux Fedora, VMWare, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, JBoss, and much more
• The timing of this book is crucial-American corporations lose as much as $300 billion a year to every form of hacking, cracking, physical security breaches, and other criminal activities
• The companion Web site shows readers how to build their own pen testing lab, including the installation of traps used to detect or deflect attempts to use information without authorization

With the release of PHP 5 and the Zend Engine 2, PHP finally graduates from it earliest days as a lightweight scripting syntax to an powerful object oriented programming language that can hold its own against the Java and ...

• A small yet extraordinarily powerful programming language, Lua achieved its popularity early on as a video game scripting language and has since evolved into a general purpose programming language that is compact enough to fit on a variety of host platforms
• This book provides programmers, game developers, and Web site developers with an in-depth look at the various aspects of programming in Lua
• Complete code samples with practical applications and robust error handling offers beginners helpful learning tools
• Diagrams provide a visual glimpse behind the scenes of important Lua features such as stacks, hash tables, garbage collection, lexical scope, and function closures
• Features discussions on managing memory, garbage collection, using libraries, strings, tables, extending Lua, event handling, databases, and Web and game programming

Professional SQL Server 2005 Programming shows experienced developers how to master the substantially revamped feature set of the latest release of Microsoft SQL Server...

• Providing beginners with the basics of databases, database design, and SQL programming, this book shows novice programmers how to use C# and ADO...

Developing software and testing within virtual machines provides you with countless advantages in terms of automation, stability, disaster recovery, and overall code quality...

This book discusses what Ajax is and what it means to Web developers, as well as the technologies behind Ajax applications...

Professional Ajax 2nd Edition provides a developer-level tutorial of Ajax techniques, patterns, and use cases...

• This book is broken into four primary sections addressing key topics that Linux programmers need to master: Linux nuts and bolts, the Linux kernel, the Linux desktop, and Linux for the Web
• Effective examples help get readers up to speed with building software on a Linux-based system while using the tools and utilities that contribute to streamlining the software development process
• Discusses using emulation and virtualization technologies for kernel development and application testing
• Includes useful insights aimed at helping readers understand how their applications code fits in with the rest of the software stack
• Examines cross-compilation, dynamic device insertion and removal, key Linux projects (such as Project Utopia), and the internationalization capabilities present in the GNOME desktop

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Written by an Access programmer with more than 10 years of VBA experience, this is the perfect guide for Access users who are ready to take their databases to the next level, or for programmers who are new to Access or VBA...

• Community Server is one of the hottest Web site packages available today and runs many popular sites, including Microsoft's Channel 9, Xbox...

Excel Services is a new technology being delivered as part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007...

• Through the use of hands-on examples and case studies to explain complex technologies, this comprehensive book takes AJAX, Ruby on Rails, and Flash to the next level by combining them into a framework for developing rich Internet applications
• Walks readers through using all aspects of each application, looking at the overall architecture and then breaking down the client-side and server-side technologies, while still maintaining a focus on the desired functionality of an application
• Also includes coverage of such various technologies as DHTML, JavaScript, XSLT, Java, Python, PHP, and more

• Fully updated and expanded to cover Microsoft Office Excel 2007, this book is aimed at Excel users who want to gain more control over their spreadsheets using VBA or who want to develop Excel applications...

• MSH is a new command-line shell for Microsoft server products, including the long-awaited Longhorn server, and will eventually ship with all major Microsoft products, making it the must-know technology
• MSH will replace current command lines in new Microsoft products and can be used to write shell scripts similar to those used with Unix and Linux
• Discusses how MSH enables all of the ...

• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 allows a single server to be divided into several "virtual machines," each running its own environment and operating system, which can even be virtually networked together
• Written by a key member of Microsoft's Virtual Server product team, this guide shows programmers how they can use these virtual machines to keep their development environment separate from their computing environment, test software on a variety of platforms from a single machine, and test networking applications
• Packed with real-world examples, the book examines how to install Linux under Virtual Server, create VM libraries, tweak performances, troubleshoot installation glitches, and access the Virtual Server COM API
• Offers a clear explanation of how to best understand virtual devices, networks, and storage systems and handle debugging in virtual machines

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Professional Excel Services

With this unique resource, you'll discover how to unlock the power behind Excel Services in order to effectively utilize server-side spreadsheet calculation and rendering...

• As XML gains popularity, developers are looking to implement XML technologies in their line-of-business applications
• This book offers readers real-world insight into XML so that they can build the best possible applications
• Offers an in-depth look at XML and discusses XML tools, services (RSS, SOAP, REST, WSDL), programming (DOM, SAX, Ajax), and languages (...

As a practical guide for Integration Services ETL development, this book shows you ways to implement your ETL solution requirements from the data to the administration and everything in-between...

Serving as the premiere handbook of any active or aspiring SharePoint user, this book provides you with detailed descriptions and illustrations of the functionality of SharePoint as well as real-world scenarios...

Whether you want to learn how to develop a robust, full-featured rootkit or you're looking for effective ways to prevent one from being installed on your network, this hands-on resource provides you with the tools you'll need...

Programming Interviews Exposed
2nd Edition

The pressure is on during the interview process but with the right preparation, you can walk away with your dream job...

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Beginning XML provides a complete course in the Extensible Markup Language (XML) with an unusually gradual learning curve...

This book is the perfect introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the Web markup standard that allows Web designers and developers to easily make a style change to one CSS template and then change formatting across hundreds-or thousands-of pages Covers the current CSS standard versions (CSS 1 and CSS 2) with notes and comments where appropriate on the CSS 3 standard in development Includes quick reference on CSS at the end of the book as well as integrated reference coverage throughout Teaches by using an example-oriented approach and includes exercises at the end of each chapter, with sample solutions provided in the appendix

Suitable for learning basic programming for Web browsers, Beginning JavaScript is a patient, introductory tutorial on writing scripts successfully...

Wrox's Professional Flex 2 is one of the first guides to Adobe's (Macromedia's) new web application development platform...

* This comprehensive book offers readers everything they need to make the transition to the newest version of the world's most popular programming language
* Coverage provides detailed information on how to use VB 2005 in the ever-expanding ...

• Visual Basic, one of the most popular programming languages today with more than 6 million developers, has released the 2005 version, which continues to expand on the functionality and flexibility of its framework-...

• Written by a high-power team of Microsoft MVPs, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the ASP...

• Features end-to-end scenarios for using Office 2007 and SharePoint 2007, from generating Office documents programmatically to integrating document-based workflows with line of business applications or Web sites
• Takes an in-depth look at integrating the information worker products from Microsoft into broader solutions for the enterprise
• Some of the topics covered include building a workflow solution with Office and SharePoint 2007; programming SharePoint lists, items, and libraries; building Business Intelligence (BI) including Excel BI, Excel and Access Reporting, and SharePoint integration; using Web Content Management with SharePoint; and more

• Visual Studio 2005 Team System (VSTS) features a robust, integrated suite of test tools that work seamlessly in the Visual Studio development environment
• Covering all phases of the development lifecycle, this book shows readers how to implement best practices for software testing using the appropriate components of VSTS
• Readers will learn how to use the tools effectively, directly from those who helped design and develop the software
• Shows how to catch common programming mistakes every time code is compiled, helping to shorten the time to market

• Written by one of the most popular and knowledgeable Microsoft Outlook MVPs, this book fills a void in the market for a professional-level Outlook programming book
• Explains how to use the many new features of Outlook 2007's object model and offers honest advice from the author on how to deal with common shortcomings and pitfalls of Outlook
• Addresses common workarounds for Outlook programming bugs and how to interface with Word, Excel, SharePoint, and Access
• Discusses the new Object Model, Outlook forms, COM add-ins, security, and more

Professional Joomla walks the reader through Joomla, an open content management system that is rapidly growing in popularity...

Expert Access 2007 Programming shows experienced developers how to create professional-level Access database applications...

Professional SlickEditis the first guide to the award-winning SlickEdit tools, and is technically reviewed by the SlickEdit development team...

Wrox’s Professional Community Server Themes is one the first guide to the Chameleon theming engine...

The success of Wikipedia has proven just how effective wikis can be for collaborative editing on a large scale-larger than anyone originally thought possible...

• Windows Live is the collective name for a group of Microsoft tools whose services and user data are available anywhere-without ever having to install an application
• Windows Live currently consists of: Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Safety Center, Windows Live Favorites, Windows Live OneCare, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Search, and Windows Live Local
• Certified Microsoft Software Developer Jon Arking shares his experience in developing for Windows Live, and teaches readers how to build applications that embrace the Windows Live platform
• Packed with examples, this hands-on guide offers an insightful look at the tools and technologies behind Windows Live, using the MSN Activities APIs, building mapping applications with Virtual Earth APIs, and developing Gadgets for both online and Windows Vista
• Also examines integrating MSN Search capabilities as well as Live services into existing sites with Live custom domains

Professional Windows Vista Gadgets Programming covers sidebar and sideshow gadget development each in their own part of the book...

As two of the leading MVC web frameworks for Python, Django and TurboGears allow you to develop and launch sites in a fraction of the time compared to traditional techniques and they provide greater stability, scalability, and management than alternatives...

Professional LINQ introduces experienced programmers and database developers to LINQ database queries in their native VB and C# languages...

Professional Windows PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 SP1

If you want to dramatically improve your implementation and administration of Exchange Server 2007, then this is the book for you...

Visual Basic 2008 Programmer's Reference is a language tutorial and a reference guide to the upcoming 2008 release of Visual Basic...

• Beginning with an introduction to the technologies in Microsoft's application platform, this thorough guide then goes on to highlight the technologies in SharePoint 2007 that are new for developers
• The author team focuses on how SharePoint fits in and complements the underlying platform; this is discussed throughout the book so that readers can learn how to take existing investments in the MSFT platform and move those to SharePoint
• Places special emphasis on the key areas of SharePoint development: base platform, collaboration, portal and composite application frameworks, enterprise search, ECM, business process/workflow/electronic forms and finally business intelligence
• Demonstrates how to develop applications with RSS, blogs, and wikis; use and customize enterprise search, XML, XSLT in search, and the search Web service; build Portal solutions; and develop Collaboration using calendars, tasks, issues and email events